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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll be honest since you requested it OP.

I have a low opinion of parents who do not even want to be the primary caregiver for their children when they are infants and toddlers.  I think prioritizing material things and one's own career and self-fulfillment is selfish and indicates a lack of understanding of how important it is for young children to spend most of their time with someone who loves them completely and unconditionally.

A little off of your topic but completely relevant.[/quote]

When I’m meeting someone who doesn’t work outside the house I am usually bracing for a comment like this, s[b]ince they are handed out freely with out care for any of the reasons some one might have chosen to work.[/b] I have no other thoughts about their choices- how would I know better for them than they do for themselves?[/quote]

What if I love my work and feel passionately about it and what it does for society, and chose to work even if I don't 'have' to -- do you think those people are less-than parents, too? [/quote]

I don’t think SAHMs are leaving jobs like this, they’re leaving dead-end menial work. People who are happy and accommodated and valued stay. [/quote]

Queue the doctors and lawyers saying not so[/quote]

There are plenty of lawyers and even doctors out there doing menial work. Doctors who have their every interaction dictated by insurance companies or who work for drug companies, lawyers who do document review, just because a job is “prestigious” doesn’t mean it isn’t a dead end or that it’s fulfilling. [/quote]

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